Hum Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 STOCKHOLM (AP) ? A woman stole an empty commuter train from a depot Tuesday and drove it to a suburb of Stockholm where it derailed and slammed into an apartment building, officials said. The woman was seriously injured in the early morning crash and was flown to a Stockholm hospital, police spokesman Lars Bystrom said. No one else was injured. Bystrom said the woman was arrested on suspicion of endangering the public. Tomas Hedenius, a spokesman for train operator Arriva, said the woman, born in 1990, stole the four-car train at a depot outside Stockholm. She then drove it about a mile (1.6 kilometers) to the end station on the railway line, where it jumped off the tracks, careered for about 30 yards (25 meters) and crashed into a three-story building. Photographs from the scene showed the crumpled front car of the train buried deep into the structure. "There were three families inside the apartment building, but no one was injured. At least not physically," Hedenius said. The motives of the woman, who worked for a company contracted to carry out cleaning for the train operator, were not immediately clear. more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleNeutrino Veteran Posted January 15, 2013 Veteran Share Posted January 15, 2013 I was thinking to myself how do you steal a train, and I was imagining the train just driving down the road. nvllsvm 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arceles Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Well many people steal cars... she probably thought "why not a train?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLegg Developer Posted January 15, 2013 Developer Share Posted January 15, 2013 Trains are actually far easier to steal than cars Guth 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryoken Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Reminds me of Ali G, asking about someone stealing a train and driving it into the white house lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted January 15, 2013 Author Share Posted January 15, 2013 Trains are actually far easier to steal than cars Says the man who knows. :shifty: Jub 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusi0n Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 GTA level 9000 Praetor, Arceles, Denis W. and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLegg Developer Posted January 15, 2013 Developer Share Posted January 15, 2013 Says the man who knows. :shifty: ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis W. Veteran Posted January 15, 2013 Veteran Share Posted January 15, 2013 GTA level 9000 Ah, if only you could do the same in GTA. Can't even destroy the trains in that game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockingbird Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Apparently she wasn't able to reach the 88 miles per hour necessary to energize the flux capacitor. Brandon H, webeagle12, DJ-Light and 3 others 6 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiagosilva29 Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Trains are actually far easier to steal than cars"Develops" for Neowin during the day, robs train wagons for the Armenian Mafia during the night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webeagle12 Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Myth busted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guth Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I'm wondering if this was an accident? Like she was cleaning and set it running? I can't see why you would think of stealing a train? I mean it goes on tracks, where did she think she was going to go with it! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted January 15, 2013 Supervisor Share Posted January 15, 2013 can you imagine waking up to that in the morning? "Honey, there's a train in our living room!" :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckngrtfakt Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Clearly, she wasn't... ( ?_?) ( ?_?)>??-? (??_?) ...properly trained. xendrome, clotz2000, fusi0n and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusi0n Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Clearly, she wasn't... ( ?_?) ( ?_?)>??-? (??_?) ...properly trained. .. This was epic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perochan Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 can you even derail the train by force? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noir Angel Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Woah, what an odd thing to steal :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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